The High Point Ireland Counties League

Step up for your County#StepUpForYourCounty

We invite you to #StepUpForYourCounty in the High Point Ireland Counties League. Established in 2017, our Counties League is the first-ever All-Ireland Highpointeering team competition to be contested between Ireland's thirty-two counties. Every Irish rambler, hillwalker, hiker, mountaineer and mountain runner qualifies as a member of his / her county's Highpointeering team. Each team member wishing to represent their county in the Counties League can do so by visiting High Point locations during the High Point Ireland league year (1st January - 31st December), logging them on the Peakhunter smartphone app and in their own Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form, and emailing the completed Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form to us no later than 31st December at the end of that league year. During the following January, the ten highest point-scorers from each county's team will officially become that county's "Elite Ten". Those ten scores added together will become the county's overall score. The county with the highest points score will be announced as the High Point Ireland Counties League champion.

The rules

To represent your county in the High Point Ireland Counties League, you must download, complete and submit to us a Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form. Click here to download the form. Instructions for completing and submitting the Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form are described in the Entry Notes on the form itself. Those instructions also form part of the High Point Ireland Counties League rules.

Download the Peakhunter app to your smartphone and set up a profile. Peakhunter is our official logging partner.

By submitting a Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form and indicating on it which county you wish to represent, you will be entering the High Point Ireland Counties League as a member of your county's Highpointeering team. Based on the county you choose to represent, you will also be entering the High Point Ireland Provinces League as a member of your province's Highpointeering team.

The High Point Ireland awards year and league year runs from 1st January until 31st December. Entries received after 31st December of the respective league year will not be considered.

If you are one of the highest point-scoring entrants representing a specific county, you will be selected as one of your county's "Elite Ten". Your score will form part of your chosen county's overall score, your name will be listed on your county's webpage on the High Point Ireland website and you will receive a PDF certificate for being a member of your county's "Elite Ten".

1st place will be awarded to the county whose "Elite Ten" team scores the highest combined points total during the league year. The winning county will be announced as the High Point Ireland Counties League champion for that year. Each member of the Counties League champion "Elite Ten" team will receive a certificate bearing a Gold Award logo.

2nd place will be awarded to the county whose "Elite Ten" team scores the 2nd highest combined points total during the league year. Each member of the 2nd-placed "Elite Ten" team will receive a certificate bearing a Silver Award logo.

3rd place will be awarded to the county whose "Elite Ten" team scores the 3rd highest combined points total during the league year. Each member of the 3rd-placed "Elite Ten" team will receive a certificate bearing a Bronze Award logo.

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If you are planning to visit any of the locations on the Gribbon list of Ireland's major geographical High Points, please be aware that Highpointeering, rambling, hill-walking, hiking, mountaineering, mountain running and cycling are risk sports. High Point Ireland, Kieron Gribbon (the website's author and founder of High Point Ireland) and Donard Media (the website's publisher) accept no responsibility for any injury, loss or inconvenience sustained by anyone using this website. Personal safety is entirely the participant's own responsibility.

The inclusion of locations on the Gribbon list of Ireland's major geographical High Points is based entirely on each location's ability to meet the necessary criteria for at least one of the eight primary sub-lists contained on this website. It should not be assumed that access is permitted to any of the High Point locations on the list. High Point Ireland, Kieron Gribbon and Donard Media recommend that anyone planning to visit any of the High Point locations on the list should check for potential access restrictions and to request permission from the relevant landowner(s) in advance.